“Flicker is the nature of men.”
Kalliope remembered being told so by Queen Mother in her younger days. Too young to understand and too naive to pay Queen Virille too much attention. But Venus had always had a sharper sense in this sort of thing than Kalliope. Perhaps that was why she excelled. Perhaps that was why there was always an undercurrent of contempt between Venus and Virille. Venus simply reminded Queen Mother too much of their father.
But this wasn’t about either Queen Virille of Venus. This was about Kalliope, and how she slowly realised that she was outmatched when it came to the plotting and scheming ways of the Royal Court.
Asa managed to procure the permission to visit Caelorian Royal Tombs. It was … easier than Kalliope had expected. She wished for Malus to accompany the
